Transmitter profile and spinal inputs of pelvic ganglion cells projecting with preganglionic axons along the hypogastric and pelvic nerves of the male rat

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 280, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 123-126

  Kepper, M E ^a   Keast, J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Axotomy; Parasympathetic; Pelvic plexus; Retrograde tracing; Spinal nerve; Sympathetic; Urogenital organs

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC GANGLION; CHOLINERGIC TRANSMISSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEAFFERENTATION; HYPOGASTRIC NERVE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; PELVIC NERVE; PREGANGLIONIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; AXONS; DENERVATION; GANGLIA, SPINAL; HYPOGASTRIC PLEXUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PELVIS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL PEPTIDE;

EID: 0033978390     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(00)00771-0     Document Type: Article

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